The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Wednesday categorically reiterated that his government would not
implement recommendations of the Sachar Committee describing it as
divisive and leading the country to one more partition.
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Bhopal:
Taken aback by the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan's reported reiteration that his
government would not implement recommendations of the Sachar
Committee becuase it is divisive and leading the country to one
more partition, the Minority Department of the Madhya Pradesh
Congress Committee (MPCC) staged a "dharna" (sit-in) here at
Iqbal Maidan on Thursday.

The sit-in was led by Arif Masood, convener of MPCC Minorities
Department wherein hundreds of Congress workers and his supporters
joined in.

Masood, who is also the State Congress spokesman, addressing
the gathering on the occasion alleged that the Madhya Pradesh
Government was discriminating towards minorities. He said that
Sachar Committee was constituted by the Congress-led United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre in the
interest of the minorities and its recommendations are meant for
the socio-economical and educational development of the
minorities.

Masood, further said: “The Sachar Committee identified 90
districts in the country including the capital city of Madhya
Pradesh for the socio-economic and educational development of the
minorities, an amount of Rs.`15 crore per year has been sanctioned
for the purpose in Bhopal, but the State Government failed to
utilise the funds and the budget was lapsed continuously for the
last two years.”

He assailed Chief Minister Chouhan's reported statement in the
State Assembly on March 9, 2011 that the Sachar Committee
recommendations would not be implemented in the State as it is an
attempt to divide the society. He said that there is rage among
the minority communities over the unconstitutional and indecent
statement.

He charged that the BJP Government adopts double standards and
discriminates when it comes to minorities. He pointed out that the
Madhya Pradesh Madarsa Board that was constituted in the year 1998
has the same static budget of just Rs. 11 lakh. While the state
Sanskrit Board which was constituted after the Madarsa Board the
budget of Rs. 3 crore at its inception has galloped to Rs.`35
crore over the years. Charging State Government of discriminating
the Madarsa board asked, is this not discrimination towards
minorities?

However, Masood said: "We never register our protests about
such ongoing discrimination". Other speakers also pointed out that
several posts of minorities' institutions are lying vacant.

It may be recalled here that On March 9, 2005, the PMO had issued
the Notification for constitution of the High Level Committee for
preparation of Report on the Social, Economic and Educational
Status of the Muslim Community of India.

Thereafter, on November 17, 2006 the
committee submitted its 403 pages report to the Prime Minister of
India wherein it concluded that the condition of Muslims has been
reduced to the extent that they stand economically, educationally
and socially even below the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste
in the society. The report was later tabled in
Parliament with Action Taken Report.

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Panjab
University officials here were left red-faced after they
discovered that a Delhi-based company, which conducted campus
interviews at its School of Communication Studies (SCS) department
for public relations jobs, was bogus.
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President
of India Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at the
inauguration of the National Festival of Tribal Dances, ‘PRAKRITI’,
in New Delhi on March 16, 2011. Union Minister for Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kum. Selja, Union
Minister for Tribal Affairs Kantilal Bhuria and Minister of
State for Tribal Affairs Mahadev S. Khandela are also seen.

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